Equans Specialist Contracting UK Limited
Registered name: EQUANS SPECIALIST CONTRACTING UK LIMITED
Part of Bouygues S.A. groupEquans Specialist Contracting UK Limited made £271m revenue and a £3.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Equans Specialist Contracting UK Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £271m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.4m. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Motherwell; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Motherwell
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £198m | £212m | £271m |
| Cost of sales | −£180m | −£222m | −£272m |
| Operating profit | £18.1m | −£9.5m | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £19.2m | −£6.6m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £16.4m | −£9.6m | −£3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.4m | −£9.6m | −£3.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | −4.5% | −1.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲27.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼158.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bouygues S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Equans Group UK Limited75–100%
- Equans Specialist Contracting UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Efab Industrial Solutions LtdRev. £46k · Profit £2k
- Axima Edg LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Efab Real Estate and Asset Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Equans Fabricom UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Equans Holding UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Equans Offshore Wind LtdFigures not disclosed
- Fabricom (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nuc Meca UK LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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